Skirt-protector.



No. 633.483. Patented sept. I9, |899.

. E. PIETscHMANN.

SKIRT PROTECTOR.

\App1icntion ledMay 17, 1898.?

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EMIL PIETSCIIMANN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE XVM.II. I-IORSTMANN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SKIRTPROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,483, datedSeptember 19, 1899.

Application filed May 17,1898. Serial No. 680,905. KNO model.)

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Be it knownthat I, EMIL PIETSCHMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Skirt-Protectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of woven fabrics used asdress-protectors, and particularly to those which consist of a headingwith a depending fringe forming abrush-like lower edge, the object ofvmy invention being to effect the spreading or distending of this fringe,so as to impart fullness to the brush portion of the protector. Thisobject I attain in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of apiece of web woven in accordance with my invention, the threads beingvery much exaggerated in size in order to more clearly illustrate thestruc- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line w w, Fig. l. Fig.3 is a sectional plan view on the line m m, Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is asectional plan View on the line ly y, Fig. l.

In producing my improved fabric I employ three sets of warp-threads,which in the drawings are numbered, respectively, l, 2, and 3, and withthese threads are interwoven the weft or filling threads, of which inthe drawings I have represented seven, numbered, respectively, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, and IO, these weftthreads forming a selvage at the top of theheading and having depending cut ends which form the projecting fringeor brush of the fabric.

Each run of each of the weft-threads is in terwoven with the warps l, soas to form a single close web in the heading; but the runs of the weftare divided for being interwoven with the warps 2.and 3, one run of theweft being interwoven with the warps 2 and the other run beinginterwoven with the warps 3,

the wefts are separated from each other to a y considerable extent, asshownin Fig. 2, and the desired fullness is thus imparted to said fringeor brush portion of the fabric without the use of an excessive amount ofweft material for the purpose.

I-Iaving thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. A woven dress-protector consisting of a headingcomposed of closely-woven warps and wefts and a fringe formed by thedepending ends of the wefts of the heading and interposed warpslaterally separating said depending ends from each other so as to impartfullness to said fringe, substantially as speciiied.

2. A woven dress-protector consisting of a heading composed ofinterwoven warps and wefts, each run of the weft beinginterwoven withthe same warps, and a fringe composed of the depending ends of theheading-wefts, the runs of weft being separated in said fringe andseparate sets of warps, interwoven with separate runs of weft andbunched close to the lower edge of the heading, subtantially asspecified.

3. A woven dress-protector consisting of a heading composed ofinterwoven warps and wefts, the warps being on the outer sides of thewefts, and a fringe composed of the depending ends of saidheadingwefts,and warps interwoven therewith and disposed partly on theoutside and partly on the inside of the said depending wefts,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL PIETSCHMANN.

Witnesses: n

F. E. BEcHToLD, WILL. A. BARR.

